N--Mixed Oxident H2O Treatment System 519-14-2-6935-0014

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, VISN 18 intends to issue a Request for Quote for the purchase and installation of a Mixed Oxidant Water Disinfection System for the West Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care System (WTVAHCS), located at 300 Veterans Blvd. Big Spring, TX 79720 Delivery shall be 30 days after receipt of order. This is a pre-solicitation notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format specified in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 5.203(a), as supplemented with additional information included with this notice. The acquisition will be a set-aside 100% for small business in accordance with FAR 19. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 423720, Plumbing and heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers, with a small business size standard of 100 employees. Evaluation and award will be made in accordance with FAR 13.106. The evaluation criteria used for source selection are listed below to assist you in determining your qualifications for this solicitation: 1. Price 2. Relevant Past Performance: a. Provide a minimum of three (3) references of work, similar in scope and size with contact information, a brief description of the work completed, and contract # (if relevant). b. Relevant Past performance will be considered as part of the best value determination. 3. Veteran Preference (In accordance with 852.215-70): a. Eligible service-disabled veteran-owned offerors will receive full credit, and offerors qualifying as veteran-owned small businesses will receive partial credit for the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-owned Small Business Status evaluation factor. To receive credit, an offeror must be registered and verified in Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database. (http://www.VetBiz.gov). b. Non-veteran offerors proposing to use service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or veteran-owned small businesses as subcontractors will receive some consideration under this evaluation factor. Offerors must state in their proposals the names of the SDVOSBs and VOSBs with whom they intend to subcontract and provide a brief description of the proposed subcontracts and the approximate dollar values of the proposed subcontracts. In addition, the proposed subcontractors must be registered and verified in the VetBiz.gov VIP database (http://www.vetbiz.gov). c. This factor is the least important consideration in the best value determination and will not be the sole determinant in the best value decision. This factor will be considered along with the price and past performance in their entirety. Solicitation number VA258-14-Q-0755, will be posted on or about 24 July 2014. The date for receipt of offers shall be 31 July 2014. Questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to [email protected] , with the email subject "VA258-14-Q-0755, Mixed Oxidant Water Disinfection System". All questions must be sent formally by email no later than close of business on 25 July 2014.